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The firing of the first test missile from trials ship HMS Girdle Ness

?This week in 1959: A rare sighting of the Seaslug

One of Blackpool's heritage tram fleet
Rail & marine

January 1886: Blackpool’s electric trams

The Meteor set a world speed record of 606mph in November 1945
Aerospace

January 1946: waiting in the wings

The mighty Centurion, at the Royal Ordnance factory near Leeds
Defence & security

November 1950: The Centurion Tank

Electronics

November 1887: The writing telegraph

Two of Hobb’s interchangeable prosthetic hands: the one on the right was the most popular and versatile
Medical & healthcare

November 1917: prosthetic arms for war casualties

A decade on from the Wright brothers’ pioneering achievement The Engineer was unconvinced by the case for civilian aircraft
Aerospace

November 1913: Flight - It’ll never take off

The 1382ft Electropult track
Aerospace

October 1946  - Westinghouse unveils the Electropult

Fixation on detail: Up close to the prototype of Babbage’s difference engine in London’s Science Museum. This model was built many years after Babbage’s death, to his own plans. It works perfectly
Electronics

October 1871: Obituary of Charles Babbage

October 1918: Meet the Fokker

Automotive

October 1935: Harry Ricardo on the petrol engine

The Great Eastern at the end of its voyage
Electronics

September 1865: The failure of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable